Reactor unit for plastic thermolysis, comprising - a melting reactor (1) for melting
plastic waste (4) introduced into the melting reactor (1) and for receiving the plastic melt (5) formed from the
plastic waste (4), - a pre-
evaporator (2) for receiving and partially evaporating a pre-
evaporator liquid (7), as well as - a post-
evaporator (3) for receiving and residual
evaporation of a post-evaporator liquid (8), wherein - the melting reactor (1) has a melting
agitator (13) driven by a melting
agitator drive (12) for circulating and mixing the
polymer melt (5), - the melting reactor (1) is connected to the pre-evaporator (2) via a pre-evaporator supply line (20), through which the pre-evaporator liquid (7) forming in the melting reactor (1) in the area of the liquid level of the plastic melt (5) passes into the pre-evaporator (2), - the pre-evaporator (2) is connected to the post-evaporator (3) via a post-evaporator supply line (21), through which the post-evaporator liquid (7) forming in the pre-evaporator (2) in the region of the liquid level of the pre-evaporator liquid (7) passes into the post-evaporator (2), and - the pre-evaporator (2) has a pre-evaporator exhaust (28) and the post-evaporator (3) has a post-evaporator exhaust (29) through which gases and / or vapors (9) generated in the melting reactor (1), in the pre-evaporator (2) or in the post-evaporator (3) can be discharged from the reactor unit as valuable materials, characterized in that the reactor unit further comprises: - a
viscometer for determining the
viscosity of the
polymer melt (5) in the melting reactor (1), a controllable recirculation pump (15) and a controller (14) coupled to the
viscometer and the recirculation pump (15) via
signal lines (16), wherein the controller (14) is configured to control the delivery rate of the recirculation pump (15) as a function of the
viscosity of the
polymer melt (5), by means of the recirculation pump (15) controlled by the controller (14) to
discharge a predetermined quantity of the pre-evaporator liquid (7) from the pre-evaporator
sump (30) of the pre-evaporator (2) and / or the post-evaporator liquid (8) from the post-evaporator
sump (31) of the post-evaporator (3) and introduce it into the
polymer melt (5) in the melting reactor (1) as soon as the measured
viscosity of the
polymer melt (5) exceeds a predetermined maximum viscosity; - a return line (38) connected to the return
feed pump (15), wherein the return line (38) is connected to the pre-evaporator (2) for the
discharge of pre-evaporator liquid (7) from the pre-evaporator
sump (30) of the pre-evaporator (2) and / or to the post-evaporator (3) for the
discharge of post-evaporator liquid (8) from the post-evaporator sump (31) of the post-evaporator (3); - a return
feed line (39) connected to the return
feed pump (15) and extending into the melting reactor (1) for the quantity-controlled introduction of the pre-evaporator liquid (7) and / or post-evaporator liquid (8) conveyed via the return line (38) to the return
feed pump (15) from an outlet opening of the return
feed line (39) into the plastic melt (5).